Nintendo is holding its Nintendo Conference 2010 press briefing today at the Makuhari Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo. At the event, Nintendo will be announcing specifics on the 3DS launch and will have demo units set up for attendees to try out.

I know the time, I know the place... but I'm not going because my invite apparently got lost in the mail (again... this happens every year, possibly due to the privatization of the postal service).

Instead of live blogging directly, I'm going to be live blogging second hand. This means I'll be reading the Japanese Twitter updates and live blog postings of others and translating them in this space throughout the afternoon.

Check back around 14:00 or so.

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15:04 -- And that looks like it! Thanks for reading the live blog! Check back later for more formal coverage of all that was announced.

15:04 -- The new Wii Zelda game was flagged for 2011, although I believe this was known before.

15:03 -- Last Story is due for release on January 27.

15:03 -- A couple of other points I missed.

15:02 -- "Starting with Kingdom Hearts, we'd like to release a number of titles on 3DS."

15:02 -- Tetsuya Nomura also delivered a video message.

15:02 -- Oh wait...

15:01 -- Now, attendees will get to try out the system.

14:59 -- Level-5 believes that by using the 3DS's 3D capabilities, puzzle solving will become more direct for the layer. CEO Akihiro Hino says that they're putting their power into 3DS development.

14:57 -- Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D is also in development.

14:56 -- A guy from Capcom (Kawata, I believe) says that Resident Evil Revolution is "pure horror." He believes players will be excited to play it in 3D.

14:54 -- He introduces a video with commentary from the various game companies.

14:53 -- They're taking up this problem with the 3DS.

14:53 -- Nintendo was hoping for things to change with the spread of Wii, but this did not go as expected.

14:52 -- Iwata turns things up a bit and says that it's often said that third party games don't sell on Nintendo hardware. It's true that Wii third party game sales are low in Japan and the first year of Nintendo DS software sales was all Nintendo, but this has since changed.

14:51 -- Overseas plans will be announced later via Nintendo's overseas branches.

14:36 -- You can also convert your Miis to a QR Code which can be sent out to SD Card in standard formats and placed on your home page, for instance, so that others can scan it with their 3DS to get your Mi

14:35 -- After this, you can just adjust the various parts to create your Mii.

14:35 -- Mii Studio can be used to make the Mii experience simpler. You can use the system's camera to take a picture of your face.

14:34 -- Iwata cites the previous figure he gave of there being 180 million Miis out there.

14:33 -- Iwata moves on to an introduction of Mii Studio.

14:33 -- The developer video comes to to an end.

14:33 -- I really have no idea what he's talking about.

14:32 -- He says they'd like to use Tag Mode in a Love Plus game to allow you to tell lies to your girlfriends. Huh?

14:32 -- Next, Mr. Love Plus from Konami.

14:31 -- You'll be able to use Wi-Fi to receive fight requests wherever you are.

14:30 -- Yoshinori Ono from Capcom says that they wanted to make a Street Fighter where you can battle anywhere.

14:30 -- Namco Bandai's Sakagami says that he wants to use Tag Mode for rankings and exchanging ghost data in Ridge Racer 3D.

14:28 -- Now they're showing a video of developer commentary.

14:28 -- As previously detailed, with the 3DS, all games can communicate when the system is in sleep mode.

14:27 -- Iwata is now explaining the Tag Mode functionality.

14:27 -- You can put the system in a cradle for quicker transfers, it seems.

14:26 -- Next, they show some sort of Mii creation studio.

14:25 -- They show an Autmented Reality game that uses the camera

14:24 -- They show someone stopping play of a game, then connecting to a web browser.

13:58 -- The Nikkei Trendy guy says that in addition to the price and release date, he's interested in seeing some secret functionality that has yet to be announced. I wonder if he's just speculating, or if he's actually heard something...